http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3718
Short thought-provoking piece about whether we will see a reduction in the role currently played by relational databases, specifically in relation to issues like indexing, because of the ever onwards march of processing speeds. Indexing systems are inherently less efficient then structured searching, but at a certain point that may appear to matter less in the face of insane processing speeds. – SWL